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Women have been most present in the Texas executive branch as part of the State Board of Education.The first woman ever elected to statewide office in Texas was elected as Superintendent of Public Instruction (this position no longer exists; the duties of the former Superintendent of Public Instruction are now carried out by the appointed Commissioner of Education). [3]
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious ...
Pages in category "Women in Texas politics" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Lucy G. Acosta;
Women in Texas politics (3 C, 53 P) Women's prisons in Texas ... Henda's Law; L. Lesbian Health Initiative of Houston; M.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For the first time since Roe v.Wade was overturned, Texas women who were denied abortions testified in a court Wednesday of carrying babies they knew would not survive and ...
Republican women were purged from three state judgeships, a state school board seat, a local Texas House seat and a countywide office Tuesday, and one of the staunchest Republican women in the ...
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Texas.It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
For Native women in Texas, that challenge has been magnified after the U.S. Supreme Court refused this week to block the state's ban on most abortions, underscoring the unique health disparities ...